Libourne

Also known as Liborna

Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

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Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department of France, situated within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Libourne. The town is located next to the Dordogne and Isle rivers and shares borders with Les Billaux, Génissac, Arveyres, and Fronsac. Its official languages are French and Gascon, and it is twinned with Warsaw.

The area of Libourne is 20.63 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 28 meters. The population is recorded as 25,491, including 11,382 males. The postal code for the commune is 33500.

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Place details

Locality: Libourne
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Population: 24,240
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Libourne
French commune.commune status: Subprefecture and commune
French commune.image: Libourne Pont de Pierre.jpg
French commune.caption: Bridge over the Dordogne river
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason ville fr Libourne (Gironde).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Libourne
French commune.canton: Le Libournais-Fronsadais
French commune.INSEE: 33243
French commune.postal code: 33500
French commune.mayor: Philippe Buisson
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.party: PS
French commune.intercommunality: CA Libournais
French commune.elevation m: 15
French commune.elevation min m: 2
French commune.elevation max m: 28
French commune.area km2: 20.63

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Liborna
Country: France
Located in: Gironde
Official language: Gascon
Population: 25036
Area: 20.63
Elevation: 11
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Isle
Shares border with: Génissac
Official website: www.libourne.fr
Image: Libourne Pont de Pierre.jpg

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category for people born here: Category:Births in Libourne
topic's main category: Category:Libourne
Commons category: Libourne
postal code: 33500
category of associated people: Category:People from Libourne
twinned administrative body: Warsaw
native label: Liborna
associated electoral district: canton of Le Libournais-Fronsadais
male population: 11382
female population: 13463
P8168: gas giant
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
email address: mailto:[email protected]
contact page URL: www.libourne.fr/informations-pratiques/contact
phone number: +33-5-57-55-33-33
P12749: Karl Weigert

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Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Libourne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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